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Summary information.

Title
Carp
Alternative Title
遊鯉図
Creator
Tsukioka, Settei, 1710-1787, Japanese
Date Created and/or Issued
1777 Oct
Publication Information
Japan
Contributing Institution
UC Merced, Library and Special Collections
Collection
Clark Center for Japanese Art and Culture collection
Rights Information
Public Domain
Material in public domain. No restrictions on use.
Description
Medium: Ink and light colors on paper
Annotations/Markings: (right) Signed "法橋月岡雪鼎" (Hokkyō Tsukioka Settei) at lower right corner followed by seals "信天翁" (Shintenō) and "昌信之印" (Masanobu no in). Dated "安永丁酉冬十月" (An'ei teiyū fuyu jūgatsu, 6th year of An'ei, winter, tenth month). (left) Two seals "信天翁" (Shintenō) and "昌信之印" (Masanobu no in) at lower left corner. No signature or inscriptions.
Acquisition: On long-term loan to the Clark Center for Japanese Art and Culture.
Funding: Digitization funded by an Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Leadership Grant (LG 30-02-0260-02) awarded to the University of California, Merced Library.
Type
image
Format
2 scroll paintings; 130 x 54 cm. ea.
Form/Genre
scroll paintings
diptychs
Middle Edo
Ukiyo-e
Identifier
ark:/86071/d29h88
CL1989.003a
89-9-4
Subject
Fishes
carp
water currents
waves

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